http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Goldman Sachs Group Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/131605 Outcry from Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s shareholders over the company's proposed record-setting bonus payments this year highlights a growing trend of shareholders trying to assert control over executive pay in the wake of the financial crisis and bailout, according to securities attorneys. http://www.law360.com/articles/131605 http://www.law360.com/articles/135595 NYSE Euronext, LCH.Clearnet, BATS Global Markets and several other financial institutions have asked the House Financial Services Committee to scrap a proposal for a “rigid cap” on dealer ownership of over-the-counter derivative clearinghouses that are part of the overall financial regulatory overhaul, according to reports. http://www.law360.com/articles/135595 http://www.law360.com/articles/135520 In a victory for investors who collect securities settlements from soon-to-be bankrupt companies, noteholders including Alfa SAP and two ING funds will not have to return early payments they received from Enron to the Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. http://www.law360.com/articles/135520 http://www.law360.com/articles/135419 Precision motion device and laser developer GSI Group Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 protection, saying it has finalized an agreement with a majority of its noteholders on a restructuring plan that will exchange much of its debt for equity in the reorganized company. http://www.law360.com/articles/135419 http://www.law360.com/articles/135268 Bankrupt commercial lender CIT Group Inc. has reported a strong showing among various constituencies of creditors in favor of its reorganization proposal, putting the company on a path to win approval for the Chapter 11 plan at a confirmation hearing Dec. 8. http://www.law360.com/articles/135268 http://www.law360.com/articles/134700 The Federal Reserve Bank of New York failed to use its “considerable leverage” in negotiations in fall 2008 to reduce the amount of money it spent to help American International Group Inc. stay alive, according to a report assessing the U.S. government's involvement in the bailout. http://www.law360.com/articles/134700 http://www.law360.com/articles/134581 French retail giant PPR, the owner of Gucci Group, has begun an initial public offering for African subsidiary CFAO that will raise up to €1 billion ($1.5 billion), according to the company. http://www.law360.com/articles/134581 http://www.law360.com/articles/134313 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has said it plans to split off its 83 percent stake in infant-formula maker Mead Johnson Nutrition Co., a move the drugmaker said will allow it to focus on its biopharmaceutical business. http://www.law360.com/articles/134313 http://www.law360.com/articles/133470 President Barack Obama has nominated private equity firm partner Joshua Gotbaum, who has extensive experience managing and advising both public and private sector investments, to serve as director of the country's corporate pension safety net, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. http://www.law360.com/articles/133470 http://www.law360.com/articles/133406 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has said it will sell off Norfolk Southern Corp. and Union Pacific Railroad Co. as part of its $34 billion acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. in a bow to antitrust concerns over the deal. http://www.law360.com/articles/133406 http://www.law360.com/articles/132813 A New York state appellate court has reinstated Amaranth LLC's tortious interference claims but killed a breach-of-contract claim against JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a suit claiming the bank derailed the hedge fund's major business deals, leading to its 2006 collapse. http://www.law360.com/articles/132813 http://www.law360.com/articles/132731 Realtime Data LLC has won court approval for a settlement and licensing deal with F5 Networks Inc. and one of its customers, putting to rest allegations that the companies infringed seven patents covering compression-based data acceleration technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/132731 http://www.law360.com/articles/132593 Investment firm TPG Capital LP and Canada-based pension manager CPP Investment Board will acquire IMS Health Inc., a provider of market intelligence to the health care and pharmaceutical industries, in a leveraged buyout deal valued at $5.2 billion. http://www.law360.com/articles/132593 http://www.law360.com/articles/132498 Following a failed attempt more than a year ago, JDA Software Group Inc. signed a deal to acquire i2 Technologies Inc. for $434 million on Thursday, a deal the companies say will create a global leader in supply chain management software. http://www.law360.com/articles/132498 http://www.law360.com/articles/132493 Canadian agricultural giant Agrium Inc. has thrown all its cards on the table, boosting its hostile takeover bid for CF Industries Holdings Inc. to $4.52 billion in a last-ditch effort to snag the U.S. rival. http://www.law360.com/articles/132493 http://www.law360.com/articles/132290 After negotiating with regulators in four countries, Panasonic Corp. on Wednesday announced its plans to make a tender offer valued at a minimum of $4.5 billion to acquire all shares of its rival Sanyo Electric Co. http://www.law360.com/articles/132290 http://www.law360.com/articles/132426 U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., has asked the heads of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission for input on amendments to beef up the committee's recently approved legislation to regulate derivatives. http://www.law360.com/articles/132426 http://www.law360.com/articles/132326 Wachovia Corp. and the underwriters and auditor of 30 of the company's public offerings have denounced a consolidated class action alleging they downplayed Wachovia’s parlous subprime exposure when selling some $35 billion bond class securities. http://www.law360.com/articles/132326 http://www.law360.com/articles/132156 A federal jury has ruled that Former New York Stock Exchange President Gerald Putnam and two others defrauded a former business partner out of millions of dollars related to the development of electronic stock exchange Archipelago Holdings LLC. http://www.law360.com/articles/132156 http://www.law360.com/articles/131868 Cooley Godward Kronish LLP has snagged Babak Yaghmaie — former head of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's venture capital practice — for its business and technology group. http://www.law360.com/articles/131868